Cavalier Johnson: “If the state had kept up with inflation, they continue to…”

“And so when they keep those dollars, it unfortunately puts us in a situation where we have to try to find a way in order to keep those services that people again deserve and expect running. So today, If the state had kept up with inflation, they continue to increase shared revenue like they promised to do, the city of Milwaukee should have about $250 million more that we received from state government. Instead, as we discussed, I'm looking at nearly $100 million budget deficit that I've got to climb out of. How do you begin to climb out of that?” (07:17–07:31)

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